Re: [gentoo-user] WARNING: Crucial MX300 drives SUUUUUCK!!!!

2017-02-13 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 14 Feb 2017 01:51:01 wabe wrote: > Mick wrote: > > Have you noticed a difference between mounting partitions on them > > with the discard option, Vs running fstrim on a cron job? > > I noticed a big performance impact with my old Corsair 60GB SSD > (Force3

[gentoo-user] Re: xorg wiki and graphics drivers

2017-02-13 Thread Harry Putnam
Willie Mattthews writes: > If I am not mistaken you would need to install, > > * app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions > Available versions: 4.3.38 ~4.3.40 ~5.0.16 ~5.0.30 5.0.32 ~5.1.12 > ~5.1.14 {X KERNEL="linux"} > Homepage:

Re: [gentoo-user] Building a new root for my Gentoo: Permission denied?

2017-02-13 Thread Meino . Cramer
Johannes Rosenberger [17-02-14 02:43]: > On 13.02.2017 19:20, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Johannes Rosenberger [17-02-13 19:04]: > >> On 13.02.2017 17:57, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >> > >>> Hogren [17-02-13 17:06]: > On 13/02/2017

Re: [gentoo-user] WARNING: Crucial MX300 drives SUUUUUCK!!!!

2017-02-13 Thread wabe
Mick wrote: > On Monday 13 Feb 2017 13:17:14 Poison BL. wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Daniel Frey > > wrote: > > > On 02/12/2017 02:40 PM, Alan Grimes wrote: > > > > So does anyone have any evidence of a current generation SSD > >

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg wiki and graphics drivers

2017-02-13 Thread Willie Mattthews
On 02/13/2017 04:11 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Setup: >gentoo (no-X) installed into vbox vm on win 10 (64bit) host. > > I've gotten a solid base going but now want to setup LXDE. Gentoo LXDE > wiki starts after you've already setup the X server so I went to Gentoo > Xorg wiki > > Following

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg wiki and graphics drivers

2017-02-13 Thread Willie Mattthews
On 02/13/2017 04:11 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Setup: >gentoo (no-X) installed into vbox vm on win 10 (64bit) host. > > I've gotten a solid base going but now want to setup LXDE. Gentoo LXDE > wiki starts after you've already setup the X server so I went to Gentoo > Xorg wiki > > Following

[gentoo-user] xorg wiki and graphics drivers

2017-02-13 Thread Harry Putnam
Setup: gentoo (no-X) installed into vbox vm on win 10 (64bit) host. I've gotten a solid base going but now want to setup LXDE. Gentoo LXDE wiki starts after you've already setup the X server so I went to Gentoo Xorg wiki Following the gentoo Xorg setup pages. I'm having some confusion

Re: [gentoo-user] WARNING: Crucial MX300 drives SUUUUUCK!!!!

2017-02-13 Thread Poison BL.
On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 4:49 PM, Mick wrote: > On Monday 13 Feb 2017 13:17:14 Poison BL. wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Daniel Frey wrote: > > > On 02/12/2017 02:40 PM, Alan Grimes wrote: > > > > So does anyone have any evidence of a

Re: [gentoo-user] WARNING: Crucial MX300 drives SUUUUUCK!!!!

2017-02-13 Thread Mick
On Monday 13 Feb 2017 13:17:14 Poison BL. wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Daniel Frey wrote: > > On 02/12/2017 02:40 PM, Alan Grimes wrote: > > > So does anyone have any evidence of a current generation SSD lasting > > > more than 20 days? > > > > I have tried

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel modules: initramfs vs. /lib/modules

2017-02-13 Thread Daniel Frey
On 02/13/2017 10:51 AM, Remy Blank wrote: > Daniel Frey wrote on 2017-02-13 17:34: >> On 02/13/2017 03:34 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: >>> Anytime you see something like root=UUID=* that is being handled by an >>> initramfs. And of course a UUID is more reliable than a device name, >>> since the

Re: [gentoo-user] Building a new root for my Gentoo: Permission denied?

2017-02-13 Thread Johannes Rosenberger
On 13.02.2017 19:20, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Johannes Rosenberger [17-02-13 19:04]: >> On 13.02.2017 17:57, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >> >>> Hogren [17-02-13 17:06]: On 13/02/2017 04:42, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > got a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel modules: initramfs vs. /lib/modules

2017-02-13 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 1:51 PM, Remy Blank wrote: > Daniel Frey wrote on 2017-02-13 17:34: >> On 02/13/2017 03:34 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: >>> Anytime you see something like root=UUID=* that is being handled by an >>> initramfs. And of course a UUID is more reliable than a

[gentoo-user] Re: Kernel modules: initramfs vs. /lib/modules

2017-02-13 Thread Remy Blank
Daniel Frey wrote on 2017-02-13 17:34: > On 02/13/2017 03:34 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: >> Anytime you see something like root=UUID=* that is being handled by an >> initramfs. And of course a UUID is more reliable than a device name, >> since the latter can change if you add/remove a device, or

Re: [gentoo-user] Building a new root for my Gentoo: Permission denied?

2017-02-13 Thread Meino . Cramer
Johannes Rosenberger [17-02-13 19:04]: > On 13.02.2017 17:57, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > Hogren [17-02-13 17:06]: > >> On 13/02/2017 04:42, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> got a mysterious error message this morning (still building a new

Re: [gentoo-user] WARNING: Crucial MX300 drives SUUUUUCK!!!!

2017-02-13 Thread Poison BL.
On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Daniel Frey wrote: > On 02/12/2017 02:40 PM, Alan Grimes wrote: > > So does anyone have any evidence of a current generation SSD lasting > > more than 20 days? > > > > I have tried various SSDs (multiple brands and generations) over the > last

Re: [gentoo-user] Building a new root for my Gentoo: Permission denied?

2017-02-13 Thread Johannes Rosenberger
On 13.02.2017 17:57, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hogren [17-02-13 17:06]: >> On 13/02/2017 04:42, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> got a mysterious error message this morning (still building a new >>> root...) >>> >>> One of the updates was gnutls: >>> It ends with:

Re: [gentoo-user] Building a new root for my Gentoo: Permission denied?

2017-02-13 Thread Meino . Cramer
Hogren [17-02-13 17:06]: > On 13/02/2017 04:42, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > got a mysterious error message this morning (still building a new > > root...) > > > > One of the updates was gnutls: > > It ends with: > > ... > > checking for

Re: [gentoo-user] Bad luck with new installation: Compilation issues (eudev)

2017-02-13 Thread Meino . Cramer
Miroslav Rovis [17-02-13 17:06]: > On 170213-04:19+0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Miroslav Rovis [17-02-12 14:03]: > ... > > > C'mon, give people the link to that bug that you reported, pls.! Thanks! > > > Thanks! Thanks! Thanks!

Re: [gentoo-user] WARNING: Crucial MX300 drives SUUUUUCK!!!!

2017-02-13 Thread Daniel Frey
On 02/12/2017 02:40 PM, Alan Grimes wrote: > So does anyone have any evidence of a current generation SSD lasting > more than 20 days? > I have tried various SSDs (multiple brands and generations) over the last maybe five years and found that they're very unreliable (multiple brands too.) I

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel modules: initramfs vs. /lib/modules

2017-02-13 Thread Daniel Frey
On 02/13/2017 03:34 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: > Anytime you see something like root=UUID=* that is being handled by an > initramfs. And of course a UUID is more reliable than a device name, > since the latter can change if you add/remove a device, or maybe even > if your firmware is having a bad

Re: [gentoo-user] Building a new root for my Gentoo: Permission denied?

2017-02-13 Thread Meino . Cramer
Hogren [17-02-13 17:06]: > On 13/02/2017 04:42, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > got a mysterious error message this morning (still building a new > > root...) > > > > One of the updates was gnutls: > > It ends with: > > ... > > checking for

Re: [gentoo-user] Bad luck with new installation: Compilation issues (eudev)

2017-02-13 Thread Miroslav Rovis
On 170213-04:19+0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Miroslav Rovis [17-02-12 14:03]: ... > > C'mon, give people the link to that bug that you reported, pls.! Thanks! > > Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Sorry for this. I forgot to delete it, because I saw I was wrong. Wasn't

Re: [gentoo-user] GUI-less (non-dbus) virt-manager (to run Tails in Gentoo)

2017-02-13 Thread Miroslav Rovis
Not about Tails, this message, but yes it is about GUI-less (non-dbus) virt-manager. About its use for installing and running a Tails' relative: Whonix. I made a well-accepted, I believe, push for Whonix to be installable and runnable (actually it maybe already is!) in sans-dbus systems. Pls.

Re: [gentoo-user] Building a new root for my Gentoo: Permission denied?

2017-02-13 Thread Hogren
On 13/02/2017 04:42, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > got a mysterious error message this morning (still building a new > root...) > > One of the updates was gnutls: > It ends with: > ... > checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-pkg-config... > /usr/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu-pkg-config > checking

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel modules: initramfs vs. /lib/modules

2017-02-13 Thread Johannes Rosenberger
On 13.02.2017 12:34, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 5:53 AM, marco restelli wrote: >> Could you suggest any reference about how an initramfs can help making >> it easier to identify the correct root filesystem? Does this >> functionality overlap with what grub

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel modules: initramfs vs. /lib/modules

2017-02-13 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 5:53 AM, marco restelli wrote: > > Could you suggest any reference about how an initramfs can help making > it easier to identify the correct root filesystem? Does this > functionality overlap with what grub can do, or is something > different? > The

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel modules: initramfs vs. /lib/modules

2017-02-13 Thread marco restelli
2017-02-10 13:35 GMT+01:00, Rich Freeman : > On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 6:58 AM, marco restelli > wrote: >> Hi all, >>I am trying to understand a bit initramfs and genkernel and I have >> few (basic) questions. > >> - how does genkernel decide which modules

Re: [gentoo-user] logrotate ... won't!

2017-02-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 12 Feb 2017 21:26:51 -0600, Dale wrote: > >> Thanks Alexander, it pays going back to basics ... for some reason my > >> cronie service was not running. o_O > >> > >> I added it to default runlevel and hopefully it will do its magic > >> from now on. > > I'm glad I'm not the only one